| Food is universally recognized as the basic factor | | | | employ some practical policies that address food |
| that governs our life and development. It has long | | | | safety at the household level. General awareness |
| been understood that a healthy mind lies in a | | | | and empowerment should be provided to |
| healthy body. | | | | guarantee the food security and safety. It is |
| Basically food is the primary substance that we | | | | essential to all the consumers to understand the |
| eat to abolish hunger. However, food is not just | | | | different aspects that lead to the unsafe |
| something that fills the empty space at the | | | | consumption of food. Each person must be equally |
| abdomen. It should, however, be not only | | | | conscious in consuming the safe and nutritious |
| ingestible, but also digestible and absorbable; thus | | | | food. If we know about some of the key facts |
| furnishing the necessary energy to foster the | | | | about food, we may have the great possibility of |
| body building and good health. | | | | having safe foods. We should take care from the |
| In addition to food being the only source of | | | | farm to ensure food safety. Care should be given |
| energy/nutrients to our body, it is the driving | | | | not to allocate the overdose of pesticides which |
| factor of our state of mind, society and | | | | leave the residue in the final foodstuffs also. |
| development as a whole. There is a direct | | | | These are hazardous to our health. After |
| relationship between the food and one's total | | | | harvesting from the farm, washing the foodstuffs |
| being. In other words, the psychological | | | | with potable water reduces the chance of |
| importance of food cannot be excluded from its | | | | occurrence of disease causing microorganisms |
| physiological importance. | | | | that may have made their way into them. |
| Hunger and poverty are interconnected at micro | | | | Another important aspect to be considered is |
| framework of society. The worst happening of | | | | keeping food away from post contamination and |
| the poorest countries is found to have been the | | | | spoilage. As food is common to humans and |
| sufferings from the food insecurity and | | | | microorganisms, it is subject to spoilage by these |
| subsequent hunger. The persons suffering from | | | | microbes. Food should then be properly processed |
| food insecurity lack every positive aspect of living. | | | | or cooked to make it digestible and free from |
| In severe cases, death is inevitable due to hunger | | | | disease causing microorganisms. If we have to |
| and chronic malnutrition which are the indicators of | | | | store these foods for some duration, we should |
| food insecurity. | | | | ensure hygienic storage place and procedure. |
| Moreover, abundant food supply may not assure | | | | Keeping most of the foods for long time without |
| the good health and well being of people. In fact, | | | | proper storage causes the chance of spoilage. |
| the food consumed must be safe and nutritious | | | | It should also be kept in mind that toxins may |
| enough to promote the health and living. Under | | | | also be present in foods which are, if consumed, |
| nutrition is yet another great global challenge that | | | | may risk our lives. Some of the foods have some |
| has been creating multidimensional lags. More than | | | | non-nutritious constituents which are to be |
| half of all child deaths are found to be associated | | | | removed before consumption. Different |
| directly or indirectly with hunger and malnutrition. | | | | processing technologies are available to get rid of |
| Prevalence of under nutrition is a major factor for | | | | these. Above mentioned points are some ideas to |
| the child mortality and miserable maternal health. | | | | entertain the safe food consumption. |
| Malnutrition is the key factor to decline the quality | | | | For guaranteeing the nutritious food, we should be |
| of life. Scarcity of safe and nutritious foods leads | | | | conscious in having the balanced diet instead of |
| to the inadequate supply of all the necessary | | | | bulky food material. Proper balance of |
| nutrients and energy to the body. Deficiency of | | | | carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals and |
| nutrients and energy retard the development of | | | | vitamins in our daily meal can only offer good |
| body and resistance to various diseases. This | | | | health. Care should be given to whether the foods |
| induces the permanent impairment of a person's | | | | we consume daily are enough to supply the daily |
| ability resulting less capable manpower. Thus food | | | | requirement of nutrients and energy to our body. |
| has multidimensional associations with the quality | | | | General know how of the constituents of food, |
| of life and society to a broader sense. | | | | their functions and food hazards are therefore |
| Proper attention must hence be given to the safe | | | | the basic tools for safe food and healthy life. |
| and nutritious foods. The government should | | | | |